MCCAYSVILLE, Ga. — A police officer in north Georgia is fighting for his life after being shot late Friday night, and the suspect is on the run.
Police told Channel 2’s Eryn Rogers that Timothy Craig Ramsey, 26, was arrested around 6:15 p.m.
McCaysville Chief of Police Michael Earley confirmed that officers were called to a report of a suspicious person along First Street late Friday night.
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When officers arrived, they say Ramsey opened fire, and “brutally shot my officer in the face,” Earley said.
That officer is Captain Brantley Worley, a 3-year veteran of the department.
After the shooting, Ramsey ran off. Officers went to the house where he is believed to live, prompting a SWAT standoff.
Just after 7 a.m., police said they learned he was not in the home, and an all-out manhunt got underway for Ramsey.
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Earley said a tip came in of a person fitting Ramsey’s description just outside the city limits in a wooded area, and Ramsey was taken into custody around 6 p.m. without incident.
“We saw him and apprehended him,” Earley said.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has taken over the investigation into the shooting.
The chief said Ramsey is being booked into the Fannin County Jail and currently is facing at least one charge of aggravated assault with intent to commit murder against a police officer.
As for Worley, he remains in critical condition at Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga, suffering a broken neck and a brain bleed from the shooting.
“He needs our prayers,” Earley told reporters on Saturday night.
On Sunday, McCaysville Mayor Terry Arp said Capt. Worley’s brain bleed had stopped, and if he remains stable throughout the night, doctors will try to do reconstructive surgery on his neck and nose.
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Worley has a wife and a small son. He is also an ordained minister.
Pickens County Fire Rescue said that Worley is also a part-time firefighter and EMT with their department.
“Brantley is a brother everyone enjoys being around. He is no doubt a ‘community servant to the bone’!! He has the determination to pull through this unfortunate situation,” they wrote.
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp released a statement calling for Georgians to pray for Worley.
“Marty, the girls, and I are asking all Georgians to join us in praying for this officer who was shot in the line of duty, as well as all law enforcement who face this kind of danger on a regular basis to protect their communities.”
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